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Ex-S. Korean President Yoon faces court ruling

A bus apparently carrying former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol heads to Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on Jan. 16, 2026, for a court ruling in a case linked to his martial law declaration.

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Ex-S. Korean President Yoon faces court ruling

A bus apparently carrying former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol enters Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on Jan. 16, 2026, for a court ruling in a case linked to his martial law declaration.

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Court hearing for ex-S. Korean President Yoon

A vehicle carrying former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on Jan. 13, 2026, for his insurrection sentencing hearing.

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Ex-S. Korea president Yoon detained again

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Seoul Central District Court on July 9, 2025, for a court hearing over whether to issue a new arrest warrant over charges linked to his short-lived declaration of martial law the previous year. (Pool photo)

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Ex-S. Korea president Yoon detained again

Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally in front of the Seoul Central District Court on July 9, 2025, as he attends a court hearing over whether to issue a new arrest warrant over charges linked to his short-lived declaration of martial law the previous year.

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Ex-S. Korea president Yoon detained again

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Seoul Central District Court on July 9, 2025, for a court hearing over whether to issue a new arrest warrant over charges linked to his short-lived declaration of martial law the previous year. (Pool photo)

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Ex-S. Korean President Yoon attends trial

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (C) arrives to attend his insurrection trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on May 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Ex-S. Korean President Yoon attends trial

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (C) arrives to attend his insurrection trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on May 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Ex-S. Korea opposition chief declares presidential bid

A screen at Seoul Station on April 10, 2025, shows a news report on the declaration by Lee Jae Myung, former head of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, that he will run in the June 3 presidential race following former President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment.

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Ex-S. Korea opposition chief declares presidential bid

People watch a news report at Seoul Station on April 10, 2025, on the declaration by Lee Jae Myung, former head of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, that he will run in the June 3 presidential race following former President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment.

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Ex-S. Korea Pres. Lee Myung Bak returns home

Former South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (L, facing camera), who had been serving a 17-year sentence for embezzlement and bribery since 2020, meets the press in front of his house in Seoul on Dec. 30, 2022, as he returns home after being granted a special pardon for poor health.

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Ex-S. Korean player hopes for reunion with N. Korean partner

TOKYO, Japan - Hyung Jung Hwa, a former South Korean table tennis player who formed a united Korea team with Ri Bun Hui of North Korea to win the women's doubles event in the World Table Tennis Championships held in Chiba, Japan, in April 1991, speaks about her hope for a reunion with her former partner at the Asian Paralympics in Inchon in October 2014 at a press conference in the South Korean city on Sept. 12.

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Ex-S. Korea captain Park plays in Kyoto Sanga OB game

KYOTO, Japan - Former South Korean football star Park Ji Sung (L) plays in an old-timers' game of Kyoto Sanga in Kyoto on June 28, 2014, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the J2 club. Park started his professional career with Kyoto Sanga.

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Ex-S. Korea captain Park plays in Kyoto Sanga OB game

KYOTO, Japan - Retired South Korean football star Park Ji Sung (C, front row) poses for a photo in Kyoto with former players of Kyoto Sanga, a football team of Japan's J-League second division, on June 28, 2014, before a game to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the club.

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Ex-S. Korean sex slaves seek to meet Osaka mayor

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows an elderly South Korean woman (R bottom) who was forced into sex slavery during World War II, and her supporters, holding a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on May 15, 2013, to protest against Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's remarks on the issue. Two elderly women who were forced to provide sex to Japanese soldiers said they plan to visit Japan later in the week to hold street rallies and seek an apology from the mayor over his statement that the system of sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers during World War II was necessary.

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Ex-S. Korean sex slaves seek to meet Osaka mayor

SEOUL, South Korea - Elderly South Korean women who were forced into sex slavery during World War II, and their supporters, hold a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on May 15, 2013, to protest against Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's remarks on the issue. The elderly women said they plan to visit Japan later in the week to hold street rallies and seek an apology from the mayor over his statement that the system of sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers during World War II was necessary.

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Ex-S. Korean sex slaves seek to meet Osaka mayor

SEOUL, South Korea - Elderly South Korean women who were forced into sex slavery during World War II, and their supporters, hold a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on May 15, 2013, to protest against Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's remarks on the issue. The elderly women said they plan to visit Japan later in the week to hold street rallies and seek an apology from the mayor over his statement that the system of sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers during World War II was necessary.

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Ex-S. Korean marines protest N. Korea's shelling

SEOUL, South Korea - Former members of the South Korean marine corps stage a protest rally in Seoul on Nov. 27, 2010, against North Korea's fatal artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.

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Ex-S. Korean marines protest N. Korea's shelling

SEOUL, South Korea - Former members of the South Korean marine corps stage a protest rally in Seoul on Nov. 27, 2010, against North Korea's fatal artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

SEOUL, South Korea - A coffin carrying the body of former South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun leaves a hospital in South Gyeongsang Province for his home on May 23. Roh died earlier in the day after apparently jumping to his death from a mountain near his residence in southeastern South Korea.

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

SEOUL, South Korea - A coffin carrying the body of former South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun leaves a hospital in South Gyeongsang Province for his home on May 23. Roh died earlier in the day after apparently jumping to his death from a mountain near his residence in southeastern South Korea.

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in October 2007 shows South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il shaking hands before their summit talks at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang. Former President Roh died May 23 after falling from a mountain near his residence amid a probe into a bribery scandal. (Pool photo by South Korean media)

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken April 27 shows the residence (in front) of former South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun in southeastern S. Korea and its vicinity. Roh died May 23 after falling from a mountain near his residence amid a probe into a bribery scandal.

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Roh Moo Hyun (R) taking an oath at his inaugural ceremony in Seoul in February 2003 to succeed Kim Dae Jung as South Korea's president. Roh's wife stands in center and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at left. Former President Roh died May 23 after falling from a mountain near his residence in southeastern S. Korea amid a probe into a bribery scandal.

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun (L) shaking hands with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) before their summit talks in Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, in December 2004. Former President Roh died May 23 after falling from a mountain near his residence in southeastern S. Korea.

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R) and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun (L) having lunch at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang in October 2007. Former President Roh died May 23 after falling from a mountain near his residence amid a probe into a bribery scandal. (Pool photo by South Korean media)

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken April 27 shows the residence of former South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun in southeastern South Korea. Roh died May 23 after falling from a mountain near his residence amid a probe into a bribery scandal.

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

SEOUL, South Korea - This undated file photo shows former South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun who died May 23 after falling from a mountain near his residence in southeastern South Korea, amid a probe into a bribery scandal.

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Ex-S. Korea premier denies visiting Pyongyang to arrange summit

BEIJING, China - Former South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae Chan arrives at Beijing International Airport after a trip to North Korea on March 10. Li said he did not discuss a second inter-Korean summit with North Korean officials during his visit to Pyongyang, denying speculation that the issue may have been the aim of his trip.

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Ex-S. Korean diplomat publishes book on Ito Hirobumi

TOKYO, Japan - Song Yeong Geol, a former South Korean diplomat who spent more than a decade in Japan, speaks about his recently published book on the roles of Ito Hirobumi, Japan's first prime minister and widely considered the archenemy of the Korean people, in the modernization of Japan. Song, who is now a professor of Kyungwon College, says it is a problem that Ito's contribution to Japan's modernization is not generally known in his country.

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Ex-S. Korean abductees call for help, talk of Japanese victims

TOKYO, Japan - Three South Korean men who were abducted by North Korea years ago and returned to their homeland by 2003 speak at a hearing to a Japanese House of Representatives panel on March 2. (From, L to R, front) are Jin Jeng Pal, Lee Jae Keyn and Kim Byeong Do. Shigeru Yokota (R, back), who heads the group of relatives of Japanese abducted by N. Korea, and his wife Sakie (2nd from R, back), listened to their statements.

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Ex-S. Korean soccer coach Hiddink meets with President Kim

SEOUL, Sept. 6 - Guus Hiddink, former coach of South Korea's national soccer team, hands his autobiography to South Korean President Kim Dae Jung at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on Sept. 6. Hiddink signed a contract with the (South) Korean Football Association to become technical advisor to the South Korea's soccer team.

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Ex-S. Korean premier mixed about Japan-N. Korea summit

TOKYO, Japan - Former South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil addresses a joint meeting between Japanese and South Korean lawmakers in Tokyo on Sept. 7. Kim expressed mixed feelings about an upcoming summit between Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Sept. 17, saying ''I have both expectations and concerns (about the summit).''

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Ex-S. Korean premier proposes resolution to fishing row

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) talks with former South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil about the fishing row between the two countries at his official residence in Tokyo on Nov. 12.

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Ex-S. Korean soccer coach Hiddink meets with President Kim

SEOUL, Sept. 6 - Guus Hiddink, former coach of South Korea's national soccer team, hands his autobiography to South Korean President Kim Dae Jung at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on Sept. 6. Hiddink signed a contract with the (South) Korean Football Association to become technical advisor to the South Korea's soccer team. (Kyodo)

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Ex-S. Korean premier proposes resolution to fishing row

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) talks with former South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil about the fishing row between the two countries at his official residence in Tokyo on Nov. 12.

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Japan's SDP chief meets widow of ex-S. Korean leader Kim Dae Jung

Tadatomo Yoshida (L), chief of Japan's small opposition Social Democratic Party, visits Lee Hee Ho (R), wife of the late South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, at her home in Seoul on May 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-S. Korean spy head imprisoned for meddling in presidential election

Won Sei Hoon, 64, a former head of South Korea's state intelligence organization, enters the Seoul High Court on Feb. 9, 2015. The high court sentenced Won to three years in prison for meddling in the South Korean presidential election, held in December 2012 and won by current President Park Geun Hye. Won was immediately imprisoned as the ruling overturned a lower court decision. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-S. Korean President Lee's memoir

Kim Du Woo who served as press secretary to former South Korean President Lee Myung Bak holds Lee's memoir at a press conference in Seoul on Jan. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

SEOUL, South Korea - A coffin carrying the body of former South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun leaves a hospital in South Gyeongsang Province for his home on May 23. Roh died earlier in the day after apparently jumping to his death from a mountain near his residence in southeastern South Korea. (Kyodo)

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Roh Moo Hyun (R) taking an oath at his inaugural ceremony in Seoul in February 2003 to succeed Kim Dae Jung as South Korea's president. Roh's wife stands in center and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at left. Former President Roh died May 23 after falling from a mountain near his residence in southeastern S. Korea amid a probe into a bribery scandal. (Kyodo)

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun (L) shaking hands with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) before their summit talks in Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, in December 2004. Former President Roh died May 23 after falling from a mountain near his residence in southeastern S. Korea. (Kyodo)

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

SEOUL, South Korea - This undated file photo shows former South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun who died May 23 after falling from a mountain near his residence in southeastern South Korea, amid a probe into a bribery scandal. (Kyodo)

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

SEOUL, South Korea - A coffin carrying the body of former South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun leaves a hospital in South Gyeongsang Province for his home on May 23. Roh died earlier in the day after apparently jumping to his death from a mountain near his residence in southeastern South Korea. (Kyodo)

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in October 2007 shows South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il shaking hands before their summit talks at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang. Former President Roh died May 23 after falling from a mountain near his residence amid a probe into a bribery scandal. (Pool photo by South Korean media)(Kyodo)

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken April 27 shows the residence of former South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun in southeastern South Korea. Roh died May 23 after falling from a mountain near his residence amid a probe into a bribery scandal. (Kyodo)

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R) and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun (L) having lunch at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang in October 2007. Former President Roh died May 23 after falling from a mountain near his residence amid a probe into a bribery scandal. (Pool photo by South Korean media)(Kyodo)

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken April 27 shows the residence (in front) of former South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun in southeastern S. Korea and its vicinity. Roh died May 23 after falling from a mountain near his residence amid a probe into a bribery scandal. (Kyodo)

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Ex-S. Korea premier denies visiting Pyongyang to arrange summit

BEIJING, China - Former South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae Chan arrives at Beijing International Airport after a trip to North Korea on March 10. Li said he did not discuss a second inter-Korean summit with North Korean officials during his visit to Pyongyang, denying speculation that the issue may have been the aim of his trip. (Kyodo)

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Ex-S. Korean diplomat publishes book on Ito Hirobumi

TOKYO, Japan - Song Yeong Geol, a former South Korean diplomat who spent more than a decade in Japan, speaks about his recently published book on the roles of Ito Hirobumi, Japan's first prime minister and widely considered the archenemy of the Korean people, in the modernization of Japan. Song, who is now a professor of Kyungwon College, says it is a problem that Ito's contribution to Japan's modernization is not generally known in his country. (Kyodo)